In a decision filed last month, Jamison found that Washington had attained competency after a
year in a residential-treatment program at Pomegranate Health Systems in Columbus. She ordered his
transfer from Pomegranate to the Juvenile Detention Center.

Next week, Jamison is expected to set a date for a hearing on the prosecution’s request to
transfer Washington’s case to adult court.

In Ohio, judges are required to grant such a request in murder cases if the juvenile was at
least 16 at the time of the offense and the prosecution provides evidence that he or she probably
committed the crime.

A 16-year-old witness testified at a hearing in May 2013 that he saw Callender, 15 at the time,
fire at least five or six shots toward Coleman with a gun that Washington handed to him. Coleman
died of wounds caused by a bullet to his chest.

The witness said the shooting, in an alley near 2055 Cleveland Ave., occurred minutes after an
altercation between two rival gangs behind the nearby high school.